Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-11

| MRS. PRAJAK, Bohemian woman. I,y.
ing in the eastern section of Baltimore, Md.
| drowned her twelve-months-oldc child in
the bath-tub on the 4th. After the child was
dead she returned with it to her room and
placed it on the bed, locking herself in
She then cut her own throat with a razor
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Bowling
Green, O., en- the 9Th. The blaze started in
saloon, and before it could be checked
two whole squares were swept out and
| twenty-five houses burned. Loss, $50, 900:
insurance, $4,000.
THE press of New York City almost
unanimously agree with George William
Curtis speech that the Democrats are run.
ming the National Administration.
| JOSEPH YINGLING, a school tax-collector
at Allentown, Pa, died July "a last, and
his accounts are now discovered to be
| short to the extent af 5000.
The receivers of the Philadelphia &
| Reading Railroad Company gave notice
on the 4th, that from August l the en-
ployes in the coal regions would be paid
semi-monthly instead of monthly as
hitherto. The change is made in compli-
ance with recent act of the Assembly.
JUDGE CRAIG, of the Illinois Supreme
Court, denies the report that he has stated
that the court would refuse the condemned
Chicago Anarchists new trial.
In the Texas election on the 4th Prohi-
| bition was defeated by an overwhelming
vote. The returns so far are meager, but
are mostly one way.
A FIERCE storm struck Sherman, Tex,
on the 9th, doing considerable damage.
A STRIKE of street-car drivers was in
augurated at Memphis, Tenn, on the 9th.
| A SEVERE drought prevails throughout
Illinois and farmers are very anxious.
| VIOLENT shocks of earthquake have been
felt at Laghouat, Algeria. A number of
houses were destroyed.
WIN. H. WETHERELL, of Kansas City, Mo-,
aged thirty-six committed suicide on the
| 9Th.
THERE were four new cases of cholera
and four deaths at Malta ON the Sth.
| AN assignment was made by the Kansas
| City (Mo.) Sirup Company on the 9Th.
THE family of Rev. w. T. A. West, the
| ST. Louis poisoner, will leave Chesterton,
| Ind, for London, Ont.
| FIFTY toms of rock fell in the eastern end
| of the Cascade tunnel, now building by the
| Northern Pacific railroad, ON the 4th, kill
| ing four men and wounding several others.
| 1t is thought none of the wounded will die.
EIGHTY THOUSAND Abyssinians are
about to march on Massowah, and fears
are entertained that the Italian garrison
will be massacred.
LEROY D. BROWN, late Superintendent
of Public Instruction of Ohio, has been
elected president of the State University
of Nevada, at a salary of $500 a year and
travelling expenses. He is thirty EIGHT
years old and native of Ohio.
LORD GEORGE DRUMMoND, grandson and
heir of the Earl of Perth, died on the 9th
at st. Luke's Hospital, New York, of con-
sumption. The deceased nobleman became
alienated from his family before he came
of age by contracting a marriage which
his relatives disapproved. His wife and
children are left destitute.
A PROMINENT Chicago gentleman, on a
pleasure trip, claims to have met McGar-
igle in Quebec on the 9TH. A man sup
posed to be McGarigle, it is said, took pas
sage on that day on sailing vessel bound
for Gibraltar, passing himself off as an in
valid, although it was well known that he
was in perfect health.
THE jury in the celebrated Culbreath
lynching case, at Columbia, S. c., returned
a verdict on the 9Th of not guilty. The de-
PENDANTS We're severed SO that only two of
the ynchers-William Parkman and
Wyatt Holmes-were on trial, and upon
the announcement of the verdict the
States attorney entered a nolle PROSE- as
to the other thirty defendants.
A DUEL took place on the 5th below the
slaughter-house, in st. Bernard Parish, La,
between Mr.. Emile Revoire, one of the
editors of L'Opinion, and Larrieu, Jr.,
president of the club de la Democratique
Francois. The duel was fought with
small swords and the result of the combat
was that Mr.. Larrieu received q slight
wound in the chest.
GENERAL PAYNE's yacht Volunteer
gained decided victory in the race on the
5th for the Goelet cup, showing the entire
fleet clean pair of heels and winning as
the jockeys say, 'hands down."
MILLBRooK, Graham County, Kas., was
almost destroyed about shutdown of the
4th by a straight wind coming from slight
ly west of north. The place contains about
five hundred inhabitants. Only one house,
residence, escaped serious damage.
Four persons, one of them boy three
years old, were killed. About twenty-fv
were injured.
PARDAw WARsLEY, the celebrated Union
spy of the Shenandoah valley, is dead. He
passed away at his home at Foster Brook,
n. Y, on the Sd, aged sixty-seven years.